sorry to post three times in the same topic but...
my earlier post made me think about what made the liz-fears-death storyline feel so stale,so stagant,and for me it's this...
in general 1968 zipped along at a dizzying clip,racing pell-mell from plot to plot,vicki returning from the past,the automobile accident and it's aftermath,dr.lang,cassandra,the dream curse,adam,nicholas blair,angelique-as-a-vampire,tom jennings,danielle roget,eve and so forth.every few weeks the main plot was turned on it's head and most of the characters responded.
but for liz's appearances,which are few and far between,it's always the same thing,the same dialogue,the same fretfull,hand-wringing performance from joan bennett.it didn't change.
i've said this before but while jonathan frid had clearly become the series' focal point by this time i'm sure joan still had a considerable amount of clout with the producers.i'm surprised that at some point she didn't put her foot down and demand something better.